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[Ariel Zohar Celebrates Bar Mitzvah Wearing Tefillin of His Grandfather Who Survived Holocaust]( [Ariel Zohar Celebrates Bar Mitzvah Wearing Tefillin of His Grandfather Who Survived Holocaust]( (VINnews) On Thursday, Ariel Zohar celebrated his bar mitzvah, a heart wrenching and bittersweet celebration filled with emotion. Ariel lost his entire family on Oct. 7 when Hamas terrorists attacked the Nahal Oz kibbutz where they lived. He himself survived because he chose to go out for a run that morning. His father Yaniv, […] [Read More »]( [Thousands March in Europe in the Latest Rallies Against Antisemitism Stoked by the War in Gaza]( [Thousands March in Europe in the Latest Rallies Against Antisemitism Stoked by the War in Gaza]( (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the Belgian and German capitals on Sunday to protest soaring antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The demonstrations in Brussels and Berlin were the latest in a series of rallies in European capitals that have expressed support for Jewish communities. Previous marches in […] [Read More »]( [Trump Says He Won’t Testify Again at His New York Fraud Trial. He Says He Has Nothing More to Say]( [Trump Says He Won’t Testify Again at His New York Fraud Trial. He Says He Has Nothing More to Say]( YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media that he “VERY SUCCESSFULLY & CONCLUSIVELY” testified last month and saw no need to appear again. Trump had been expected to return to the witness stand Monday […] [Read More »]( [Javier Milei Cites Hanukkah Story, Gives Menorah to Zelensky During Inauguration as Argentina’s President]( [Javier Milei Cites Hanukkah Story, Gives Menorah to Zelensky During Inauguration as Argentina’s President]( (JTA) – Javier Milei invoked the story of the Maccabees in his inaugural address as Argentina’s president on Sunday, extending the right-wing populist’s prominent fascination with Judaism as he celebrated his own improbable victory. “It is not by chance that this assumption takes place in the holiday of Hanukkah, the festival of light, and […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu: Hamas Terrorists Surrendering by the Dozens]( [Netanyahu: Hamas Terrorists Surrendering by the Dozens]( (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night confirmed the authenticity of photos and videos showing dozens of Hamas terrorists surrendering to the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip. “Over the past few days, dozens of Hamas terrorists have surrendered to our forces. They are laying down their weapons and handing […] [Read More »]( [Blinken: Ijerusalem Will Decide When to End the War]( [Blinken: Ijerusalem Will Decide When to End the War]( (JNS) – Israel will decide when to end its war against the Hamas terrorist group, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with Jake Tapper of CNN on Sunday. “We have these discussions with Israel, including about the duration as well as how it’s prosecuting this campaign against Hamas. These are […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Families Absent Loved Ones Mark a Somber Chanukah]( [Israeli Families Absent Loved Ones Mark a Somber Chanukah]( (JNS) – “We always celebrated Chanukah as a family,” Eyal Waldman, 63, from Tel Aviv, explained to JNS. “We went skiing in Courchevel [in France]. Now, wherever we go, at every celebration and every family event, Danielle will be missing.” Hamas terrorists murdered Waldman’s daughter Danielle, 24, along with her boyfriend of six years, […] [Read More »]( [Hamas Former Minister Of Communications: Sinwar ‘Leading A Group Of Lunatics’]( [Hamas Former Minister Of Communications: Sinwar ‘Leading A Group Of Lunatics’]( (VINnews) — During a Shin Bet interrogation, former Hamas Communications Minister Youssef al-Mansi harshly criticized Hamas’ policies and spoke of the damage, destruction, and carnage that the terrorist organization’s leaders have brought to the Gaza Strip. Al-Mansi (71) was arrested on December 7th and brought in for interrogation. When asked about the situation, he […] [Read More »]( [Elon Musk Restores X Account of Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones]( [Elon Musk Restores X Account of Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones]( Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X […] [Read More »]( [Biden’s Focus On Bashing Trump Takes a Page From the Winning Obama and Bush Reelection Playbooks]( [Biden’s Focus On Bashing Trump Takes a Page From the Winning Obama and Bush Reelection Playbooks]( (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign manager recently sent a fundraising email meant to reassure supporters worried about the Democrat’s reelection chances, urging them to take a “quick walk down memory lane.” Julie Chavez Rodriguez noted that many Democrats 12 years ago questioned whether President Barack Obama would win a second term. Biden was […] [Read More »]( [Palestinian Authority PM: Eliminating Hamas Is Unacceptable]( [Palestinian Authority PM: Eliminating Hamas Is Unacceptable]( (JNS) – Hamas is an “essential part of the Palestinian political mosaic,” Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh told world leaders gathered in Qatar on Sunday, adding that Israel’s goal of eliminating the Islamist terror group is “unacceptable” to Ramallah. “We want a situation in which Palestinians are united. … I think it is […] [Read More »]( [Consumer Product Agency Issues Warning on Small Magnetic Balls Linked to Deaths]( [Consumer Product Agency Issues Warning on Small Magnetic Balls Linked to Deaths]( – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning about the danger of high-powered, pea-sized magnets found in toys, announcing one company’s recall of a set containing them and saying it was aware of seven deaths linked to their ingestion. The federal agency estimated that ingestion of the magnets led to 2,400 hospital emergency […] [Read More »]( [With No Supermarket for Residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey and Hospitals Create Mobile Groceries]( [With No Supermarket for Residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey and Hospitals Create Mobile Groceries]( CITY, N.J. (AP) — In this seaside resort, where $5 billion worth of in-person and online gambling gets done each year, there still is not a supermarket. People who live in Atlantic City must either drive off the island to a mainland store, take public transportation — whose cost eats away at the amount […] [Read More »]( [NYPD Asking Public for Help Identifying Suspects in Trio of Anti-Semitic Incidents]( [NYPD Asking Public for Help Identifying Suspects in Trio of Anti-Semitic Incidents]( YORK – With members of New York City’s Jewish community continuing to find themselves targeted for violence, the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force has been inundated with work, releasing footage of multiple suspects being sought over the past several days. Police released footage on December 9th of a suspect sought in an attack on […] [Read More »]( [Two Iranians Arrested in Cyprus for Targeting Israelis]( [Two Iranians Arrested in Cyprus for Targeting Israelis]( (JNS) – Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday confirmed a Cypriot newspaper’s report of an Iranian plot to target Israeli citizens on the island nation. Cypriot security authorities, in partnership with the Mossad, thwarted the Iranian scheme. Thanks to their counter-terrorist activity, information was gathered leading to the exposure of the threat, its method […] [Read More »]( [Top Jewish White House Cyber Aide Says Recent Iran Hack on Water System Is Call to Tighten Cybersecurity]( [Top Jewish White House Cyber Aide Says Recent Iran Hack on Water System Is Call to Tighten Cybersecurity]( (AP) — A top White House national security official said recent cyber attacks by Iranian hackers on U.S. water authorities — as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks on the health care industry — should be seen as a call to action by utilities and industry to tighten cybersecurity. Deputy national security […] [Read More »]( [US and Philippines Condemn the Chinese Coast Guard’s Water Cannon Blasts on Fisheries Vessels]( [US and Philippines Condemn the Chinese Coast Guard’s Water Cannon Blasts on Fisheries Vessels]( Philippines (AP) — The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, separately condemned a high-seas assault Saturday by the Chinese coast guard together with suspected militia ships that repeatedly blasted water cannons to block three Philippine fisheries vessels from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The noontime assault by Chinese ships […] [Read More »]( [WHERE’S THE RED CROSS? Netanyahu asks Putin to pressure organization to demand access]( [WHERE’S THE RED CROSS? Netanyahu asks Putin to pressure organization to demand access]( — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Vladimir Putin for nearly an hour Sunday. Netanyahu spent much of the call criticizing Russia’s alliance with Iran and expressing displeasure over its support of Hamas and criticism of Israel. However, Netanyahu also told Putin that he appreciated the Russian effort to free an Israeli citizen who […] [Read More »]( [Kevin McCarthy Endorses Trump for President and Would Consider Serving in His Cabinet]( [Kevin McCarthy Endorses Trump for President and Would Consider Serving in His Cabinet]( (AP) — Retiring Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted former House speaker, said he is endorsing Donald Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet if the GOP front-runner were to win back the White House. McCarthy had a rocky relationship with the former president, notably when he declined to publicly support […] [Read More »]( [France Says One of Its Warships Was Targeted by Drones From Direction of Yemen. Both Were Shot Down]( [France Says One of Its Warships Was Targeted by Drones From Direction of Yemen. Both Were Shot Down]( (AP) — France said Sunday that one of its warships in the Red Sea was targeted by two drones coming from Yemen. Both were intercepted and shot down. A short statement from the Armies Ministry did not say who fired the drones at the French Navy frigate Languedoc on Saturday night. Iran-backed Houthi rebels […] [Read More »]( [US Coast Guard Helicopter That Crashed During Rescue Mission in Alaska Is Recovered]( [US Coast Guard Helicopter That Crashed During Rescue Mission in Alaska Is Recovered]( Alaska (AP) — A helicopter that crashed in southeast Alaska during a rescue mission last month has been recovered, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. The downed Coast Guard helicopter was recovered Friday and an investigation was ongoing. The MH-60 Jayhawk crashed on Read Island, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of Sitka, on […] [Read More »]( [Horrors Of Captivity Revealed: Maya’s Foot Attached Wrongly, Itai Operated On Without Anasthesia]( [Horrors Of Captivity Revealed: Maya’s Foot Attached Wrongly, Itai Operated On Without Anasthesia]( (VINnews) — As the hostages who have been freed from Hamas captivity gradually begin to return to a semblance of normal life, the horrors of their period in Gaza are beginning to be revealed. Siblings Maya and Itai Regev were kidnapped from the rave party near kibbutz Reim. 18-year-old Itai was shot in the […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu: You Can’t Support Eliminating Hamas And Call On Us To End The War]( [Netanyahu: You Can’t Support Eliminating Hamas And Call On Us To End The War]( (VINnews) — As international pressure on Israel to reach a ceasefire grows, and as reports state that US president Biden and his team want to avoid harming the president’s image during his election campaign and are pushing Israel to wrap the war up in a matter of weeks, Prime Minister Netanyahu responded in a […] [Read More »]( [Rav Gershon Weiss zt”l 3rd Yartzeit on last day of Chanukah]( [Rav Gershon Weiss zt”l 3rd Yartzeit on last day of Chanukah]( [Read More »]( [Peace Activist Dreams Of Helping Gazan ‘Victims Of Hamas’ Receive Medical Treatment]( [Peace Activist Dreams Of Helping Gazan ‘Victims Of Hamas’ Receive Medical Treatment]( (VINnews) — DISCLAIMER: VINnews does not concur with the opinions presented in the following article, which describes how a peace activist is continuing her work in the aftermath of the Hamas attack. Nevertheless it is important to realize that such activists exist and to see how they currently view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For Yael […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: IDF Action Clips, Tens Of Terrorists Surrendering In Northern Gaza]( [WATCH: IDF Action Clips, Tens Of Terrorists Surrendering In Northern Gaza]( (VINnews) — Although fierce fighting is still taking place in many regions in the Gaza strip, the IDF has reason for optimism. The Hamas resistance has been broken in most regions in northern Gaza, although sporadic clashes continue even in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia, the northern neighborhoods which were conquered in the first […] [Read More »]( [6 Dead, Nearly 2 Dozen Injured After Severe Storms Tear Through Central Tennessee]( [6 Dead, Nearly 2 Dozen Injured After Severe Storms Tear Through Central Tennessee]( Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were damaged in multiple cities. Three people, including a child, were killed after an apparent tornado struck Montgomery County north of Nashville near the Kentucky state line, county […] [Read More »]( [Welcome to Sealand, the world’s smallest state]( [Welcome to Sealand, the world’s smallest state]( an offshore platform off England’s coast, is the world’s smallest state. It has just one permanent resident and its own royal family. [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2023 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Vos Is Neias 600 Reisterstown Rd Suite 401Baltimore, MD 21208 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? 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